The cultivation of animals and plant life in a water environment. Florida is one of the national leaders in aquaculture, producing large quantities of aquatic plants, fish and animals for commercial sale. Many of the aquaculture crops in Florida are not traditional food species, but specialty items such as tropical fish and ornamental aquatic plants.

The practice of using aquatic and wetland plants to landscape in and around water. It is mainly for the purpose of visual enhancement, but can also attract wildlife including waterbirds. In Florida, many retention and stormwater management ponds are aquascaped to help mitigate for lost wetland habitat. Aquascaping helps filter pollutants from runoff and safeguard water quality.